STM32Cube IDE 1.16.0 does not find .project files on Linux

[mp035]

Hi,

I have recently encountered an issue opening my existing STM32CubeIDE projects on linux.  The IDE complains that there is no .project file, even when it is actually present. Here's screenshot with terminal showing the content of the .project file:

The only thing I can think of that has changed is that I have recently replaced the spinning disk containing the projects with an SSD.  The spinning disk was set up as a single disk RAID array with an XFS filesystem, whereas the new SSD is a standard single disk with BTRFS file system. 

Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong?

[mp035]

Just want to bump this issue.  I am unable to open ANY of my projects at this point, so I am kind of stranded. 

I have tried moving the workspace on to a FAT32 formatted flash drive, just in case it was a file system type problem, but the issue remained.

Does anyone have any ideas? pointers? suggestions?

[mp035 · Accepted solution]

Ok so after hours of research, it looks like the problem is related to STM32CUBEIDE trying to write log files to a non-existent location (the path /media/mybook_drive/ in the log below no longer exists)

I fixed the issue by temporarily creating the non-existent path and restarting STM32CUBEIDE.

Here's the console log in case someone at ST Micro wants to do something about the issue:

[fakename@fakehost ~]$ /opt/stm32cubeide/stm32cubeide

(stm32cubeide:171354): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:58:08.630: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:73:46: The style property GtkScrolledWindow:scrollbars-within-bevel is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(java:171379): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:58:08.954: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:73:46: The style property GtkScrolledWindow:scrollbars-within-bevel is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version
2024-09-07 13:58:16,819 main ERROR Unable to create file /media/mybook_drive/users/Projects/00014_dingo_rsm/stm32_workspace/.metadata/.ide.log java.io.IOException: Could not create directory /media/mybook_drive/users/Projects/00014_dingo_rsm/stm32_workspace/.metadata
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.FileUtils.mkdir(FileUtils.java:120)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.FileUtils.makeParentDirs(FileUtils.java:137)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:732)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:716)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:114)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:100)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager.getFileManager(RollingFileManager.java:217)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender$Builder.build(RollingFileAppender.java:146)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender$Builder.build(RollingFileAppender.java:62)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.build(PluginBuilder.java:122)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createPluginObject(AbstractConfiguration.java:1120)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:1045)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:1037)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.doConfigure(AbstractConfiguration.java:651)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.initialize(AbstractConfiguration.java:247)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.start(AbstractConfiguration.java:293)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.setConfiguration(LoggerContext.java:626)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.reconfigure(LoggerContext.java:699)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.reconfigure(LoggerContext.java:716)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.start(LoggerContext.java:270)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:155)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:47)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getContext(LogManager.java:196)
        at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(LogManager.java:599)
        at com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.informationcenter.log4j.LogOutputStream.<clinit>(LogOutputStream.java:19)
        at com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.informationcenter.Activator.configureLog4j(Activator.java:172)
        at com.st.stm32cube.ide.mcu.informationcenter.Activator.start(Activator.java:55)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:818)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:1)
        at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:569)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:810)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:767)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.startWorker0(EquinoxBundle.java:1032)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle$EquinoxModule.startWorker(EquinoxBundle.java:371)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.doStart(Module.java:605)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:468)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:513)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.hooks.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:117)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.classpath.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:570)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.findLocalClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:335)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:397)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass0(BundleLoader.java:500)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:416)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:168)
        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:525)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.loadClass(EquinoxBundle.java:622)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:223)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:987)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:255)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:65)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.intro.IntroDescriptor.getIntroContentDetector(IntroDescriptor.java:62)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchIntroManager.isNewContentAvailable(WorkbenchIntroManager.java:295)
        at org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchWindowAdvisor.openIntro(WorkbenchWindowAdvisor.java:182)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEWorkbenchWindowAdvisor.openIntro(IDEWorkbenchWindowAdvisor.java:576)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.setup(WorkbenchWindow.java:935)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
        at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:58)
        at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:976)
        at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalInject(InjectorImpl.java:138)
        at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:94)
        at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.inject(ContextInjectionFactory.java:84)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createWorkbenchWindow(Workbench.java:1499)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.openWorkbenchWindow(Workbench.java:2567)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.getWorkbenchPage(Workbench.java:2048)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.setReference(Workbench.java:2093)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$10(Workbench.java:1984)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler.lambda$0(UIEventHandler.java:38)
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.syncExec(Synchronizer.java:183)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer.syncExec(UISynchronizer.java:133)
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.syncExec(Display.java:5959)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.DisplayUISynchronize.syncExec(DisplayUISynchronize.java:34)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler.handleEvent(UIEventHandler.java:38)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerWrapper.handleEvent(EventHandlerWrapper.java:208)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:206)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:1)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:234)
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:151)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.dispatchEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:133)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.sendEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:75)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventComponent.sendEvent(EventComponent.java:44)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.EventBroker.send(EventBroker.java:55)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.UIEventPublisher.notifyChanged(UIEventPublisher.java:63)
        at org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.impl.BasicNotifierImpl.eNotify(BasicNotifierImpl.java:424)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.basic.impl.PartImpl.setContext(PartImpl.java:467)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:634)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$1.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:544)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:528)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.ElementReferenceRenderer.createWidget(ElementReferenceRenderer.java:73)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createWidget(PartRenderingEngine.java:995)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:659)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:763)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:728)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:712)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.StackRenderer.showTab(StackRenderer.java:1364)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.LazyStackRenderer.postProcess(LazyStackRenderer.java:118)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:677)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:763)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:728)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:712)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.SWTPartRenderer.processContents(SWTPartRenderer.java:72)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.SashRenderer.processContents(SashRenderer.java:150)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:673)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:763)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:728)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:712)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.SWTPartRenderer.processContents(SWTPartRenderer.java:72)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.PerspectiveRenderer.processContents(PerspectiveRenderer.java:51)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:673)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:763)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:728)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:712)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.PerspectiveStackRenderer.showTab(PerspectiveStackRenderer.java:82)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.LazyStackRenderer.postProcess(LazyStackRenderer.java:118)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.PerspectiveStackRenderer.postProcess(PerspectiveStackRenderer.java:64)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:677)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:763)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:728)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:712)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.SWTPartRenderer.processContents(SWTPartRenderer.java:72)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.SashRenderer.processContents(SashRenderer.java:150)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:673)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:763)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:728)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:712)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.SWTPartRenderer.processContents(SWTPartRenderer.java:72)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.WBWRenderer.processContents(WBWRenderer.java:658)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:673)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:763)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:728)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:712)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1083)
        at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:342)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1046)
        at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:155)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:648)
        at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:342)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:555)
        at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:173)
        at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:152)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:208)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:136)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:402)
        at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:255)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:651)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:588)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1459)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1432)